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1956–1959

M.T. Norscot

Norscot Shipping Company

Motor tanker

A brand new ship, and David was there for the beginning of her. He signed on at Schiedam in July 1956 while she was still being finished, went out on her trials in the North Sea that September, and stayed with her for sixteen months. She is the most closely logged ship in the book.

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WillemstadRotterdamPort SaidMena al AhmadiPerth AmboyMontrealCorpus ChristiGibraltarCobhHavanaMontevideo

1 of 67 passages

18th September 1956 — 20th September 1956

Rotterdam → Cowes

679 miles · 2 days at sea

On Trials till 10pm 19th Sept

Every passage he logged in her. Press play to follow her through, or tap a port to see every time he called there.

Log entries
158
Ports
39
Nautical miles
106,390
Days at sea
298

Her longest passage in the log ran from Buenos Aires to Willemstad — 6,358 miles, 14 days at sea.

The log

David served in her two separate times, going back to her after a spell ashore or in another ship.

First spell aboard

July 1956 – November 1957

145 entries · 91,996 miles

July 1956

  1. 2 Jul 1956

    Signed on Schiedam

    New Waterway

August 1956

  1. 23 Aug 1956

    Signed off Rotterdam

    Home Trade

  2. 23 Aug 1956

    Signed on Rotterdam

    Foreign

September 1956

  1. 10 Sep 1956
    10am

    Sailed Rotterdam via The North Sea

    On Trials

  2. 10 Sep 1956
    5pm

    Arrived Rotterdam

    From Trials

  3. 18 Sep 1956
    10am

    Sailed Rotterdam via The North Sea

    On Trials till 10pm 19th Sept

  4. 20 Sep 1956
    9pm

    Arrived Cowes

    Galley Boy Ashore

  5. 21 Sep 1956
    2am

    Sailed Cowes — bound The Persian Gulf

    Bound

  6. 30 Sep 1956
    5pm

    Arrived Port Said

October 1956

  1. 1 Oct 1956
    02:00-23:30

    Canal transit

  2. 1 Oct 1956
    noon

    Sailed Suez — bound Mena al Ahmadi

    Bound

  3. 11 Oct 1956
    noon

    Arrived Mena al Ahmadi

    To Load

  4. 12 Oct 1956
    6am

    Sailed Mena al Ahmadi — bound Montreal

    17,000 tons crude, Bound

  5. 21 Oct 1956
    3pm

    Arrived Suez

  6. 22 Oct 1956
    09:00-20:00

    Canal transit

  7. 22 Oct 1956
    8.30pm

    Sailed Port Said

November 1956

  1. 7 Nov 1956
    7pm

    Arrived Montreal

    Imperial Oil Wharf

  2. 11 Nov 1956
    6am

    Sailed Montreal

    Key West for Orders

  3. 21 Nov 1956
    6pm

    Arrived Corpus Christi

    PONTIAC BERTH

  4. 22 Nov 1956
    10pm

    Sailed Corpus Christi — bound Rotterdam

    GASOIL

December 1956

  1. 8 Dec 1956
    3pm

    Arrived Rotterdam

    PERNIS

  2. 10 Dec 1956
    10pm

    Sailed Rotterdam — bound Hamburg

    WITH GASOIL, DIESEL & FUEL OIL

  3. 11 Dec 1956
    8pm

    Entered canal Kiel Canal — bound Holtenau

  4. 12 Dec 1956
    6am

    Arrived Holtenau

    TO DISCHARGE 6,000T DIESEL

  5. 12 Dec 1956
    5pm

    Sailed Holtenau — bound Hamburg

  6. 12 Dec 1956
    noon

    Left canal Kiel Canal

  7. 13 Dec 1956
    7am

    Arrived Hamburg

    TO DISCHARGE 5,500T @ N°2 BERTH

  8. 14 Dec 1956
    11am

    Sailed Hamburg — bound BERTH Ni

  9. 14 Dec 1956
    noon

    Arrived Hamburg

    TO DISCHARGE 1,100 @Ni

  10. 14 Dec 1956
    6pm

    Sailed Hamburg — bound Nordenham

  11. 15 Dec 1956
    6am

    Arrived Nordenham

    DISCHARGED 2,800 R.O. 600 D

  12. 20 Dec 1956
    8pm

    Sailed Nordenham — bound Rotterdam

    (FOG BOUND)

  13. 21 Dec 1956
    5pm

    Arrived Rotterdam

    TO LOAD

  14. 24 Dec 1956
    6am

    Sailed Rotterdam — bound Holtenau

  15. 25 Dec 1956
    6am

    Entered canal Kiel Canal via Brunsbüttelkoog

    THRU' 1-15am

  16. 25 Dec 1956
    11.30pm

    Arrived Holtenau

    7pm-9pm last to lay by berth

  17. 27 Dec 1956
    6am

    Sailed Holtenau — bound Hamburg

    DISCHARGED 9,000T

  18. 27 Dec 1956
    2.30pm

    Left canal Kiel Canal — bound Hamburg

    EXIT KIEL CANAL 2:30pm 27th DEC FOR HAMBURG

  19. 24 Dec 1956
    10pm

    Arrived Hamburg

    Hansamatex Berth, Disch. 9,000 T.

    ARRIVED HAMBURG 10pm 24th DEC HANSAMATEX BERTH, DISCH. 9,000 T.

  20. 29 Dec 1956
    10am

    Sailed Hamburg — bound Rotterdam

    SAILED HAMBURG 10am 29th DEC FOR ROTTERDAM

  21. 30 Dec 1956
    11am

    Arrived Rotterdam

    To load marine fuel

    ARRIVED ROTTERDAM 11am 30th DEC TO LOAD MARINE FUEL

  22. 31 Dec 1956
    8pm

    Sailed Rotterdam — bound Saltend

    SAILED ROTTERDAM 8pm 31st DEC FOR SALTEND JETTY (HULL)

January 1957

  1. 3 Jan 1957
    6am

    Arrived Saltend

    Dish. 8,000 T. Anchor Spurn from 9am 1st Jan

    ARRIVED SALTEND 6am 3rd JAN, DISH. 8,000 T. Anchor Spurn FROM 9am 1st JAN

  2. 4 Jan 1957
    6am

    Sailed Saltend — bound Jarrow

    SAILED SALTEND 6am 4th JAN FOR JARROW

  3. 4 Jan 1957
    5pm

    Arrived Jarrow

    Alongside 7am 5th Jan

    ARRIVED JARROW BUOYS 5pm 4th JAN ALONGSIDE 7am 5th JAN

  4. 7 Jan 1957
    2pm

    Sailed Jarrow — bound Rotterdam

    SAILED JARROW 2pm 7th JAN FOR ROTTERDAM

  5. 8 Jan 1957
    1pm

    Arrived Rotterdam

    To load for Hamburg

    ARRIVED ROTTERDAM 1pm 8th JAN TO LOAD FOR HAMBURG

  6. 10 Jan 1957
    1am

    Sailed Rotterdam — bound Hamburg

    SAILED ROTTERDAM 1am 10th JAN FOR HAMBURG

  7. 11 Jan 1957
    noon

    Arrived Hamburg

    To discharge

    ARRIVED HAMBURG 12 noon 11th JAN TO DISCHARGE

  8. 15 Jan 1957
    2pm

    Sailed Hamburg — bound Curaçao via Off Dover

    SAILED HAMBURG 2pm 15th JAN BOUND CURAÇAO VIA DOVER WITH F.W.

  9. 16 Jan 1957
    7pm

    Arrived Off Dover

    Disembarked North Sea Pilot

    ARRIVED OFF DOVER 7pm 16th JAN DISEMBARKED NORTH SEA PILOT

  10. 16 Jan 1957
    9pm

    Sailed Off Dover — bound Curaçao

    SAILED FOR CURAÇAO 9pm 16th JAN

  11. 29 Jan 1957
    1am

    Arrived Willemstad

    To discharge & load

    ARRIVED WILLEMSTAD 1am 29th JAN TO DISCHARGE & LOAD

February 1957

  1. 1 Feb 1957
    12.30am

    Sailed Willemstad — bound Gibraltar

    SAILED WILLEMSTAD 00:30 31st JAN BOUND GIBRALTAR WITH D.I.F.O.

  2. 13 Feb 1957
    1am

    Arrived Gibraltar

    N° 2 & 6 Hulks respectively, then alongside F.R.

    ARRIVED GIBRALTAR 1am 13th FEB N° 2 & 6 HULKS RESPECTIVELY, THEN ALONGSIDE F.R.

  3. 16 Feb 1957
    6pm

    Sailed Gibraltar — bound Curaçao via Ceuta

    SAILED GIBRALTAR HARBOR 6pm 16th FEB BOUND CURAÇAO VIA CEUTA

  4. 16 Feb 1957
    6pm

    Arrived Ceuta

    for F.W.

  5. 18 Feb 1957
    6am

    Sailed Ceuta — bound Curaçao

    in ballast

March 1957

  1. 1 Mar 1957
    1pm

    Arrived Bachaquero

    to load for Curaçao

  2. 3 Mar 1957
    2pm

    Sailed Bachaquero via Maracaibo

  3. 4 Mar 1957
    3pm

    Arrived Willemstad

    to discharge crude oil, Berth N3 South

  4. 6 Mar 1957
    8am

    Sailed Willemstad — bound Lake Maracaibo

    bound

  5. 7 Mar 1957
    7am

    Arrived Bachaquero

    to load

  6. 7 Mar 1957

    Sailed Bachaquero — bound Thalanus (T.2)

    orders changed

  7. 7 Mar 1957
    1pm

    Arrived Thalanus (T.2)

  8. 8 Mar 1957
    3pm

    Sailed Thalanus (T.2) — bound Curaçao

    with crude oil

  9. 9 Mar 1957
    11am

    Arrived Willemstad

    Valentine N3 to discharge

  10. 10 Mar 1957
    1pm

    Sailed Willemstad — bound Bachaquero

  11. 13 Mar 1957
    noon

    Arrived Bachaquero via Maracaibo

  12. 14 Mar 1957
    8am

    Sailed Bachaquero — bound Land's End

    with crude oil

  13. 27 Mar 1957
    5pm

    Arrived Off Fleetwood

    anchor, awaiting berth

  14. 29 Mar 1957
    5pm

    Berthed Heysham

    signed off & signed on

  15. 31 Mar 1957
    11am

    Sailed Heysham

    out to anchorage, no steam

April 1957

  1. 6 Apr 1957
    8am

    Arrived Heysham

    resumed discharging

  2. 9 Apr 1957
    7pm

    Sailed Heysham — bound Curaçao via Cobh

    bound

  3. 10 Apr 1957
    midnight

    Arrived Cobh

    ENGINE REPAIRS

    ARRIVED OFF COBH 12 am 10th April AT Anchor ENGINE REPAIRS

  4. 19 Apr 1957
    7pm

    Berthed Haulbowline Island

    BERTHED HAULBOWLINE ISLAND 7 pm 19th April

May 1957

  1. 12 May 1957
    7am

    Sailed Cobh — bound Curaçao via Bachaquero

    SAILED COBH 7 am 12th May BOUND CURACAO BAHIAQUERO R'DAM

  2. 25 May 1957
    9.30pm

    Arrived Willemstad

    FOR BUNKERS

    ARRIVED WILLEMSTAD 9:30 pm 25th May FOR BUNKERS

  3. 26 May 1957
    9am

    Sailed Willemstad — bound Bachaquero

    SAILED WILLEMSTAD 9 am 26th May FOR BAHIAQUERO

  4. 28 May 1957
    12.30am

    Arrived Bachaquero

    TO LOAD FOR R'DAM

    ARRIVED BAHIAQUERO 00:30 am 28th May TO LOAD FOR R'DAM

  5. 28 May 1957
    6pm

    Sailed Bachaquero — bound Land's End

    SAILED BAHIAQUERO 6 pm 28th May FOR LAND'S END F.O.

June 1957

  1. 15 Jun 1957
    midnight

    Arrived Rotterdam

    DISCHARGED CRUDE OIL

    ARRIVED ROTTERDAM 12 am 15th June DISCHARGED CRUDE OIL

  2. 16 Jun 1957
    2pm

    Sailed Rotterdam — bound Southampton

    SAILED ROTTERDAM 2 pm 16th June BOUND SOUTHAMPTON

  3. 17 Jun 1957
    10am

    Arrived Cowes

    AWAITING BERTH WENT HOME

    ARRIVED COWES ROADS 10 am 17th June AWAITING BERTH WENT HOME

July 1957

  1. 13 Jul 1957
    8am

    Sailed Southampton — bound Fawley

    SAILED SOUTHAMPTON 8 am 13th July TO FAwLEY anchorage

  2. 13 Jul 1957
    10am

    Arrived Fawley

    UNDERGOING E.R.

    ARRIVED anchorage FAwLEY 10 am 13th July UNDERGOING E.R.

  3. 14 Jul 1957
    9am

    Sailed Fawley — bound Mena al Ahmadi via Geelong

    SAILED FAwLEY 9 am 14th July MENA/GEelong

  4. 17 Jul 1957

    Re-routed Cape St Vincent — bound Curaçao

    RE-ROUTED 17th July OFF ST. VINCENT PROCEED CURACAO

  5. 27 Jul 1957
    1am

    Arrived Puerto La Cruz

    TO LOAD

    ARRIVED PUERTO LA CRUZ 1 am 27th July TO LOAD

  6. 28 Jul 1957
    1am

    Sailed Puerto La Cruz — bound Curaçao

    SAILED PUERTO LA CRUZ 1 am 28th July BOUND CURACAO

  7. 28 Jul 1957
    10pm

    Arrived Willemstad

    TO DISCHARGE

    ARRIVED WILLEMSTAD 10 pm 28th July TO DISCHARGE

  8. 30 Jul 1957
    3pm

    Sailed Willemstad — bound Punta Cardón

    SAILED WILLEMSTAD 3 pm 30th July FOR CARBON

  9. 30 Jul 1957
    11pm

    Arrived Punta Cardón

    ALONGSIDE 0100 31st July

    ARRIVED CARBON 11 pm 30th July ALONGSIDE 0100 31st July

August 1957

  1. 1 Aug 1957
    1am

    Sailed Punta Cardón — bound New York

    with fuel oil

    SAILED CARDON 1am 1st Aug. BOUND NEW YORK WITH FUEL OIL

  2. 6 Aug 1957
    11am

    Arrived Perth Amboy

    awaiting berth

    ARRIVED Perth Amboy 11am 6th Aug AWAITING BERTH

  3. 8 Aug 1957
    8pm

    Berthed Perth Amboy

    to discharge

    BERTHED Perth Amboy 8pm 8th Aug TO DISCHARGE

  4. 9 Aug 1957
    7am

    Sailed Perth Amboy — bound Mamonal

    SAILED Perth Amboy 7am 9th Aug BOUND MAMONAL

  5. 15 Aug 1957
    3pm

    Arrived Mamonal

    to load

    ARRIVED MAMONAL 3pm 15th Aug TO LOAD

  6. 16 Aug 1957
    11am

    Sailed Mamonal — bound Curaçao

    SAILED MAMONAL 11am 16th Aug BOUND CURACAO

  7. 17 Aug 1957
    10pm

    Arrived Willemstad

    Valentine N°3 South

    ARRIVE WILLEMSTAD 10pm 17th Aug VALENTINE N°3 SOUTH

  8. 18 Aug 1957
    11pm

    Sailed Willemstad — bound Punta Cardón

    SAILED WILLEMSTAD 11pm 18th Aug BOUND CARDON

  9. 19 Aug 1957
    7am

    Arrived Punta Cardón

    berth 7pm

    ARRIVE CARDON 7am 19th Aug BERTHED 7pm

  10. 21 Aug 1957
    2am

    Sailed Punta Cardón — bound Havana

    fuel oil for Havana

    SAILED CARDON 2am 21st Aug FUEL OIL FOR HAVANA

  11. 24 Aug 1957
    4pm

    Arrived Havana

    to discharge

    ARRIVED HAVANA 4pm 24th Aug TO DISCHARGE

  12. 28 Aug 1957
    10am

    Sailed Havana — bound Curaçao

    with fuel oil

    SAILED HAVANA 10am 28th Aug BOUND CURACAO WITH FUEL OIL

September 1957

  1. 1 Sep 1957
    10am

    Arrived Caracas Bay

    Pier N°1

    ARRIVED CARACAS BAY 10am 1st Sep PIER N°1

  2. 2 Sep 1957
    10am

    Sailed Caracas Bay — bound Punta Cardón

    SAILED CARACAS BAY 10am 2nd Sep BOUND CARDON

  3. 2 Sep 1957
    7pm

    Arrived Punta Cardón

    berthed 12pm

    ARRIVED CARDON 7pm 2nd Sep BERTHED 12pm

  4. 3 Sep 1957
    8pm

    Sailed Punta Cardón — bound Curaçao

    SAILED CARDON 8pm 3rd Sep BOUND CURACAO

  5. 4 Sep 1957
    9am

    Arrived Willemstad

    Valentine N°5

    ARRIVE WILLEMSTAD 9am 4th Sep VALENTINE N°5

  6. 5 Sep 1957
    8pm

    Sailed Willemstad — bound Maracaibo

    F.O.

    SAILED WILLEMSTAD 8pm 5th Sep MARACAIBO F.O.

  7. 6 Sep 1957
    5pm

    Arrived Cabimas

    to load

    ARRIVED CABIMAS 5pm 6th Sep TO LOAD

  8. 7 Sep 1957
    5pm

    Sailed Cabimas — bound Curaçao

    TO LOAD/DISCHARGE

  9. 8 Sep 1957
    2pm

    Arrived Willemstad

    JULIANA BERTH

  10. 10 Sep 1957
    1pm

    Sailed Willemstad — bound Cabimas

  11. 11 Sep 1957
    10am

    Arrived Cabimas

    TO LOAD

  12. 12 Sep 1957
    8am

    Sailed Cabimas

    TWO GRADES CRUDE

  13. 13 Sep 1957
    3am

    Arrived Willemstad

    F. BERTH

  14. 14 Sep 1957
    2pm

    Sailed Willemstad

    FOR BACHAQUERO

  15. 15 Sep 1957
    4pm

    Arrived Bachaquero

    TO LOAD

  16. 16 Sep 1957
    10am

    Sailed Bachaquero — bound Curaçao

    BOUND

  17. 17 Sep 1957
    11am

    Arrived Willemstad

    VALENTINE N°3(N)

  18. 18 Sep 1957
    noon

    Sailed Willemstad — bound Bachaquero

    FOR

  19. 19 Sep 1957
    10pm

    Arrived Bachaquero

    TO LOAD

  20. 20 Sep 1957
    11am

    Sailed Bachaquero — bound Curaçao

    BOUND

  21. 21 Sep 1957
    3pm

    Arrived Willemstad

    TO DISCHARGE (F. WERE)

  22. 22 Sep 1957
    7pm

    Sailed Willemstad — bound Bachaquero

    BOUND

  23. 23 Sep 1957
    6pm

    Arrived Bachaquero

    TO LOAD

  24. 24 Sep 1957
    4pm

    Sailed Bachaquero — bound Curaçao

    BOUND

  25. 25 Sep 1957
    7pm

    Arrived Willemstad

    JULIANA WHARF

  26. 29 Sep 1957
    3am

    Sailed Willemstad — bound Montevideo

    DIESEL GAS OIL BOUND

October 1957

  1. 13 Oct 1957
    4pm

    Arrived Montevideo

    to discharge diesel & drums

    ARRIVED MONTEVIDEO 4pm 13th Oct (56) TO DISCHARGE DIESEL & DRUMS

  2. 14 Oct 1957
    4pm

    Sailed Montevideo — bound Buenos Aires

    bound Buenos Aires

    SAILED MONTEVIDEO 4pm 14th Oct BOUND BUENOS AIRES

  3. 15 Oct 1957
    10am

    Arrived Buenos Aires

    South Dock

    ARRIVED BUENOS AIRES 10am 15th Oct SOUTH DOCK

  4. 19 Oct 1957

    Changed berth Turning Basin

    48hrs repairs

    CHANGED BERTH 17th-19th Oct TURNING BASIN 48HRS REPAIRS

  5. 19 Oct 1957
    4pm

    Sailed Buenos Aires — bound Curaçao

    water for Curacao

    SAILED BUENOS AIRES 4pm 19th Oct WATER FOR CURACAO

November 1957

  1. 2 Nov 1957
    10am

    Arrived Willemstad

    to discharge

    ARRIVED WILLEMSTAD 10am 2nd Nov TO DISCHARGE

  2. 3 Nov 1957
    6am

    Sailed Willemstad — bound Punta Cardón

    in ballast, bound Cardon

    SAILED WILLEMSTAD 6am 3rd Nov IN BALLAST BOUND CARDON

  3. 3 Nov 1957
    1pm

    Arrived Punta Cardón

    to load North Berth

    ARRIVED CARDON 1pm 3rd Nov TO LOAD NORTH BERTH

  4. 5 Nov 1957
    Noon

    Sailed Punta Cardón

    with Lagunillas crude (France)

    SAILED CARDON Noon 5th Nov WITH LAGUNILLAS CRUDE (FRANCE)

  5. 18 Nov 1957
    8am

    Arrived Le Havre

    discharge 6,000 tons

    ARRIVED LE HAVRE 8am 18th Nov DISCHARGE 6,000 TONS

  6. 19 Nov 1957
    6am

    Sailed Le Havre — bound Rouen

    up river for Rouen

    SAILED LE HAVRE 6am 19th Nov UP RIVER FOR ROUEN

  7. 19 Nov 1957
    2pm

    Arrived Rouen

    to discharge

    ARRIVED ROUEN 2pm 19th Nov TO DISCHARGE

  8. 19 Nov 1957
    3pm

    Signed off

    home 7pm 20th Nov

    SIGNED OFF 3pm 19th Nov HOME 7pm 20th Nov

Second spell aboard

September – November 1959

13 entries · 14,394 miles

September 1959

  1. 14 Sep 1959
    noon

    Signed on Heysham

    DISCHARGING CRUDE OIL

  2. 19 Sep 1959
    2am

    Sailed Heysham — bound Mena al Ahmadi

  3. 28 Sep 1959
    11am

    Arrived Port Said

  4. 29 Sep 1959

    Canal transit

  5. 29 Sep 1959

    Sailed Suez — bound Mena al Ahmadi

    FOR MENA

October 1959

  1. 8 Oct 1959
    noon

    Arrived Mena al Ahmadi

    TO LOAD CRUDE OIL

  2. 9 Oct 1959

    Sailed Mena al Ahmadi — bound Land's End

    BOUND LANDS END FOR ORDERS

  3. 19 Oct 1959

    Arrived Suez

  4. 20 Oct 1959

    Canal transit

  5. 20 Oct 1959

    Sailed Port Said — bound Land's End

    BOUND LEFO (EASTMAN)

  6. 31 Oct 1959

    Arrived Rotterdam

    STEIGER 31 PET. HAV 2

November 1959

  1. 2 Nov 1959

    Sailed Rotterdam — bound Falmouth

    BOUND FALMOUTH

  2. 3 Nov 1959

    Arrived Falmouth

    SIGNED OFF 6th NOV HOME 17th NOV

What was happening

Background written by the family, not from the logbook — but it explains a good deal of what is in it.

1954–1957

A country still on rations

When David first signed on in 1954, food rationing in Britain had only just ended — the last of it, on meat, finished that July. The ships he joined carried the raw material of recovery: iron ore from Algeria, Brazil and Sierra Leone into the steelworks of South Wales and Tees-side.

In the log: The Hollypark and the Gleddoch run almost nothing but ore, between Bône, Narvik, Pepel, Vitoria and Port Talbot.

1956–1957

The Suez Canal is blocked

Egypt nationalised the Suez Canal Company in July 1956. Britain and France invaded that autumn, and by November the Canal was blocked with scuttled ships. It stayed shut until April 1957. Tankers bound for the Gulf had to go round Africa instead, and Britain brought back petrol rationing that December.

In the log: In October 1956 the Norscot went through Suez to Kuwait as usual. She never went that way again that year — her 1957 pages are all Venezuela, Curaçao and the Atlantic. In July 1957 she sailed for Kuwait and was re-routed to the Caribbean off Cape St Vincent.

1954–1971

No telephone, no news

There was no way to call home. Letters were sent ahead to the agent at the next port, and if the ship was diverted the mail chased her round the world for months. A man could sail knowing his wife was expecting, and learn he had a child from a telegram handed up a gangway in another hemisphere.

1954–1971

Two years was a normal voyage

Foreign-going Articles could run for up to two years, and often did. David's longest unbroken spell in this logbook runs seventeen months, from June 1960 to November 1961 aboard the Scotstoun. Leave came at the end of it, not during.

1954–1971

The map keeps changing

The place names in this log are the ones David used, and many of them have since changed. Bombay is Mumbai, Madras is Chennai, Bône is Annaba, Bougie is Béjaïa, Ceylon is Sri Lanka. He sailed through the end of one world map and into another.